See Also: pressure gangrene(medicine)
Gas gangrene(medicine)
Gangrene(health)
wet gangrene(medicine)
gangrene(encyclopedia)
Gangrene(medicine)
Dry gangrene(medicine)
gangrene(dictionary)
gangrene(dictionary)
hot gangrene(medicine)

imperceivable (iou) and pressure gangrene (medicine)


imperceivable (iou)



imperceivable adjective. rare. E17.
[from IM-2 + PERCEIVABLE.]
Imperceptible.
imperceivableness noun E18.
imperceivably adverb E17.

pressure gangrene (medicine)


pressure gangrene -->
decubitus ulcer
<dermatology> A chronic ulcer that appears in pressure areas in debilitated patients confined to bed or otherwise immobilised, due to a circulatory defect from the enhanced tissue pressure in high-contact areas, often occurring over a bony prominence (for example sacral decubitus).